A number of Palestinians among them minors were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Sunday in abduction sweeps rocking the West Bank.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of six Palestinians at predawn time on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
At the same time dozens of Israeli settlers escorted by Israeli soldiers broke into Nabi Younes shrine and performed sacrilegious rituals sparking tension in the area.
Meanwhile two Palestinian minors—12-year-old Mohamed Ikhleil and 16-year-old Bashar al-Teit—along with Malek al-Teit aged 19 were kidnapped by the IOF from their homes in al-Khalil’s northern town of Beit Ummar in the southern West Bank.
Clashes also flared up shortly after the IOF rolled into Tulkarem city and attacked the Palestinian protesters with spates of teargas canisters resulting in several suffocation cases.
The Palestinian anti-occupation youths reacted to the assault by hurling stones at the heavily-armed occupation troops.
The IOF also stormed Tulkarem’s refugee camp and kidnapped two Palestinian youths—Asid Ka’biya and Basel al-Belidi—after they wreaked havoc on their family homes.
The Israeli soldiers also stormed the home of the Palestinian ex-prisoner Abdullah al-Aleimi in the city and ravaged the building triggering panic among the inhabitants.
